Improvement in bag-fasteners



8. 0. DIX.

Bag "Fastener.

No. 101,837 Patented April 12, 1.870.

NJ'EYERi PKQTO-LITMQQMPHER. WASHINGTON. D C

SAMUEhO. DIX, OF 'NEPO'NSET, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 101,837, tumm -i1 12 1870.

.mpnovmvmm' m BAG-FASTENERS,

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL G. DIX, of. N eponset, Bureau county, and State of Illinois, hav invented a new and improved Bag-Fastener; and I do hereby .de-'

clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a plan view, showing my metallic-hagfasteueropened, toeneircle the neck of the bag.

Figure 2 is a View of the same in the required posi- "'tion when fastened around the neck of the bag; and v Figure 3,21, view illustrating my bag-fastener secured in position around the neck of a bag.

In eachof the figures the same letters of reference denote like parts.

,"The nature of, my invention consists in pivoting to- "gether at one end two curved or semicircular plates,

and pivoting to the disengaged end of one of said plates a pawl or catch, so arranged thereon as that the free end of the pawl will engage with teeth or notches on the outer edge of the'loose end of the other curved plate, by which arrangement the twoicnrved plates may be opened sufiiciently wideto encircle the eckof any sized bag, and, by pressing t-hemtogether and adjusting the pawl so as to engage the serrated edge of one of said plates, the bag is tightly and securely fastened.

The curved plates A and B are pivoted together at I x, and one or both,-as desired, may be provided with one or more apertures, a, and the end of plateA may extend beyond the curve of plate B at 2, (as shown in the drawings,) or the ends of the two plates A and B,

.where they are pivotedtogether, may be so shaped that their outer edges (when the'fastener is in the position shown in-fig. 2 of the drawings) will constitute part of a circle or an unbroken curved line.

The outer edge of the free end of the plateA is serrated at G, and the free end of plate B has loosely pivotedto its lower face at ia pawl, D. g

The free end of pawl D is centrally channeled ,on' its under edge, so that it. overlaps and embraces the serrated end of plate A, (seefig. 2,) thus preventing pressure on either side of plate A from disengaging theipawl.

To disengage the fastener simply pressthe plates vA and B together and raise pawl D, and the fastener opens to the position shown in fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, or, if preferred,'a hook or cord may be attached to the opening a on the pivoted end of the curved plate A, as by drawing on-the pivoted end of said curved plate the serrated end thereof will be moved sufficiently to disengage the pawl D, and-,by raising said pawl, as before described, (and as clearly shown in fig. 1 of the drawings,) the fastenet'looses its hold oh the neck of the sack, and may thus be readily removed therefrom. v i The inner and out-er edges and ends of plates A and B and pawl D are rounded, to prevent injury to the sack, when fastened thereon, and, as the plates can readily be stamped in the required form from sheet metal, my fastener may ,be manufactured at, comparatively speaking,a trifling cost.

I'claimthe metallic clasp or fastener for bags, heres inv shown and described, cohsistiugof two plates A and A pivoted together at one .end, the free end of plate A having a serrated outeredge, G, and the other plate B having a curved pawl or catch, D, loosely pivoted to it, all constructed and operated substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

SAMUEL C. DIX.

Witnesses WIL IAM Wtmsn, ELIAS SHAKER. 

